A monstrous creature burst forth from the brush, bared its hideous fangs, and let out a thunderous roar that echoed throughout the forest.
The creature which was a black bear was twice the size of an adult human. Standing on its rear leg, it let out a beastly roar to the human standing in front of it with deathly gazes. One of its front legs was missing, making the beast unable to attack properly unlike before.
The situation of the vicinity around these two signified intensity of the battle that had been going on. No other beasts dared to interfere even though both of them were injured exemplifying the power these two possessed.
If the villagers of Mistwood Village were still alive they would have been shocked to death. Cause the person standing in front of the demonic beast was none other than Ren.
Ren had changed greatly over the months. His previous timidness was nowhere to be seen, instead, he seemed to enjoy the battle even though he was also significantly wounded.
After breaking through to the 9th stage, Ren had to stop cultivating because of Darkness and Lightning Qi's unavailability in this region. So he chose to go into the forest to get used to his newfound strength and adapted to killing living beings.
With a single stab, Ren tore through the creature's heart killing it. It just showed how strong he was, after cultivating six elemental Qis simultaneously, compared to others at the same stage.
[For killing a beast in the 9th stage Qi Awakening realm, you have received 10 AP]
Closing the system notification, Ren could not help but sigh. "Even after all this killing, I only have 55 AP. Why is it so damm difficult? At this rate, it will take 6 more months to unlock the system shop!"
Indeed, it was quite difficult to get AP. Achievement Points or AP were only given by the system when Ren achieved something for the first time.
Like for example, after killing for the first time, Ren earned 20 AP. Thereon, he received AP after killing a beast from a new realm. He did not acquire AP after killing a beast of the same realm twice that he had already killed.
He only received giggling from the female voice instead. He could only wonder who the owner of this voice might be. After all this time, he could already guess there were two entities hidden. And one of them seemed a sentient being.
But every time he asked about it, he only received the same answer. [Host is not strong enough to know].
The beast he just killed was the ruler of this region. As there was nothing here that might help him to grow stronger, he finally resolved to do what he had been thinking all this time.
"I guess it is time to go to the town. I can not wait to fuck the mayor's wife." with a lewd grin, he could not help but rub his dick thinking about the possible future. Ren had heard from his friend that the mayor's wife was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.
In his previous life, because he knew that he had a short life span, all he earned was spent on women. It was no wonder that he was having this kind of thought.
He did not get the opportunity to try his luck with the villagers, but now that he held strength... Hehe.
Ren was about to leave the forest toward his house when the system's monotonous voice unexpectedly spoke up.
[A Ruin has been detected. Does the Host want to check it?]
Ren's brows raised upon hearing this. He did not expect such a thing to appear in the mortal plane. Cause according to the information system transferred, ruins should only start to appear in the higher realm.
However, before Ren could move toward the direction of the ruin, the soft voice made him stiff.
[Ren this ruin has a pseudo-6th-grade defensive formation protecting it. It would be impossible for the current you to enter let alone clear it. You will die instead die the moment you enter the vicinity of the formation without deactivating it]
Ren could not help but shiver. He could not comprehend how strong the person who made this ruin was. A single 1st-grade array formation was enough to kill him right now.
[You should leave that ruin for now. The location has been marked. No one seems to know about its existence, given how old this ruin looks to be. After buying the 'Ruin inheritance' from the system shop, you can come again in the future]
Even though Ren wanted to explore the ruin, he was not fool enough to go into a death trap.
Feeling the emotion, the gentle voice spoke again,
[A group of thunder elemental beasts has been detected. Absorbing thunder Qi from their core will be enough to raise your Thunder element to the 9th stage]
Unlike humans, other species like demonic beasts stored Qi in their 'core', and spiritual beasts stored their spiritual Qi in their 'Spiritual roots'. The core was mainly placed in the head of demonic beasts. Although there were some exceptions.
It took Ren two days at his full speed to reach his destination. He was shocked looking at the scene.
In front of him, many small rat-like four-legged beasts were roaming. They had blue fur lightning running through them.
Without wasting any time, he started to slaughter these beasts. Most of the beasts were in 3rd stage, while some were in the 5th stage. It took some time for him to kill the ruler of these beasts which was relatively bigger than the rest and also in the 9th stage.
After collecting their bodies and taking out their cores, he sent all of the cores to the system space.
It was not possible to directly absorb the energy stored in the cores. The cores needed to be refined into alchemical pills for that purpose. But the system could help Ren to directly purify the energy and absorb it.
It took him six months to reach the peak for the Thunder attribute. Ren power had increased again. He could now use the lightning to stun enemies and kill them more efficiently. If he fought the bear now, he felt like the battle would end in an instant.
Without wasting any time, Ren began to move in the village's direction. No beasts dared to attack him because of the killing intent he was releasing.
Although Ren was not using any special movement technique, using the Thunder attribute as a medium he was faster than before, flashing through the forest.
It took him only five days to reach his house. Ren did not have anything important to bring with him. After taking a bath, he had changed his attire and wore a blue color robe that he found in the village chief's home.
"It's time to go to Ironforge Town", he could not help but wonder what kind of excitement awaiting him.